Hey! Happy New Year!
I hope you had wonderful New Year! We sure did - we spent it with friends and family at my sister and brother-in-law's house. They had a small gathering of close friends over - it was perfect. We stayed up late and brought in the new year with champagne and kisses then we went home and slept in until noon. Well not really, 8:30. Remember? We have a furry daughter that wanted to get up a play.
Oh Izzy, how we love you.
So this is my first time making … [Read more...]

Ahh french toast. What a beautiful thing.
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It really is beautiful isn't it? I don't share too many breakfast recipes on Stuck On Sweet because I don't really make breakfast often - Vin does! He's a mean pancake and waffle maker. Learned from his grandpa which is the sweetest thing ever. I like breakfast for dinner way more than I like it for actual breakfast. I can get away with … [Read more...]

I love Fall. Fall Fall Fall!!!
As we all know, Fall means many things...football (go Bears!), sweat shirts, soup, cheesy dips, apples, PUMPKIN, colorful leaves, Halloween...basically all of my favorite things. I freaking love FALL!
So today I am starting off my favorite cooking/baking season with Super Moist Pumpkin Bread. It's a must have Fall recipe that will make you fall off your chair...in a happy and not dangerous way.
Spices like nutmeg, cinnamon, and pumpkin pie spice … [Read more...]

Muffin mouthful.
Am I right? Peanut Butter, AND Chocolate, AND Banana, WITH Walnuts, in ONE muffin. It's a beautiful thing my friends.
I need to make more muffins, like right this minute. They're little bundles of morning love that go well with my coffee. Mornings are tough to begin with even when you're a morning person, and muffins...they make mornings so much better.
So why all the ingredients and flavors? Well, because I had some ripe bananas and I just recently slathered peanut … [Read more...]

It's breakfast time!
You may have noticed that I haven't shared many breakfast recipes on Stuck on Sweet. Maybe it's because I'm too busy thinking about chocolate, caramel, strawberries, and Italian food...who knows.
The truth is. It's not my favorite meal. Now now now, that doesn't mean that I don't like breakfast. I heart breakfast, we're just more like friends while dinner and dessert are more like my lovers. It's a triangle love affair and I'm okay with it.
I'm so excited to … [Read more...]

Mother's day is just around the corner (eeek!!!!)
What are your plans? I am heading back to Iowa for one of my bestie's bridal showers and hanging with my parents on Sunday. I asked my Ma (yeah I call her Ma) what she wanted to do and she said "I just want to drink coffee on the porch and have brunch at home." Doesn't that sound just delightful? I am so looking forward to it. I love drinking coffee, I love porches, I love brunch, and I really love hanging with my Ma.
These Blueberry … [Read more...]

Well it's raining cats and dogs here. So glad I'm sharing this Strawberry Sunrise Smoothie with you.
No really though, I am! It's about time we have something sunny and bright in our lives right? Spring is technically here, but it has yet to show its beautiful face, so I am currently focusing on strawberries to get myself through it. I have been buying them for weeks from Mariano's and they have been decently priced and very good! Bright, red, tangy and sweeeeeeet.
I eat a ton of … [Read more...]

It's seems like it's about the right time to share something fruity.
And healthy. Spring is technically 14 days away. A lot of us are thinking YEAH RIGHT with all this snow on the ground and cold temps. Just because it's cold out doesn't mean we can't start thinking about Spring right? It also doesn't change the fact that Spring Break is around the corner. Oh how I miss those days. No more Spring Breaks for me. I sure hope you're going somewhere!
A Berry Smoothie is the perfect way … [Read more...]

Here we go.
Do I need to explain why I made these? I don't think so.
Fall is my FAVORITE season and I hope it lasts forever. I love fall food, I love fall desserts, I love fall clothes, I love Fall TV (Walking Dead anyone?) Weirdest show ever but it's so good. I love I love I LOVE!
Pumpkin is such a classic flavor for baking but for some reason it tastes much better when consumed from about September - December (at least here in the Midwest).
Pumpkin Muffins are the perfect … [Read more...]

Today is a good day.
Because this coffee cake is in.cred.ible. AND I am sharing it on my very good friend's blog, Julia, at A Cedar Spoon! Julia and I used to work together and both love food (obviously) so we naturally bonded and have become great friends. Her blog is amazing, full of comforting, healthy and authentic Lebanese food. She loves to travel which is why I am guest posting on her blog because she's in EUROPE...I believe in Italy as we speak! Go visit her blog, A Cedar Spoon, … [Read more...]

Hello there, check these balls out!
This is one of the most interesting "cookies" I have ever made. There is no butter, sugar, flour, baking soda, vanilla...nothin in them. Weird right? Yes, I think so. The recipe calls for bananas, oats, peanut butter and chocolate chips - actually kind of healthy! I had no idea how these would bake or taste but I had to find out.
Out came these browned round cookies. I was intrigued...I honestly thought they would melt out everywhere.
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I know another banana recipe.
I made these because I had 4 very ripe bananas on my counter and I didn't want to throw them away. In an effort to not make banana bars again (which was really difficult by the way), I decided to try and bake something that had some sort of nutritional value which is where the whole wheat flour comes in. This was my first time baking with whole wheat flour. I will be baking with whole wheat flour more often now...I LOVED it.
I originally was not going … [Read more...]